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	Opinion for The Secretary for Justice re Petitions for the Exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy by Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis Sir Thomas Thorp Auckland March 1999 1. Summary of Opinion 2. Conclusions and Recommendations 3. Opinion - Part 1 - Terms of Brief 4. Opinion - Part 2 - Background 5. Opinion - Part 3 - exercise of prerogative powers 6. Opinion - Part 4 - Grounds of the Petitions 7. Opinion - Part 5 - Relevance of the "Children's Evidence" 8. Opinion - Part 6 - Should all remaining issues be referred? 9. Appendix